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THE GARD ENER S' CHRO NT CL E, 



KCRMBEH 'JO. .888. 



FOSTER and PEARSON, BEESTON, NOTTS. 



ORCHID HOUSES A SPECIALTY. 



Established 1841. 



22 FIRST PRIZES. 



ESTIMATES ON APPLICATION 



FOK 



CONSERVATORIES, 

 PLANT HOUSES, 



VINERIES, on P. & P.'s Iron Standards 



ORCHID HOUSES, 



With Improved Fittings, 



PEACH HOUSES, 



FRAMES, 



HEATING APPARATUS, &c , 



in any part of the country. 



TESTIMONIALS. 



From Eight Hon. LORD BURTON, Rangemore, near 

 Burt on-on-Tr ent. 

 " Messrs Foster & Pearson, of Beeston. near Nottingham, ha\ e put up a 

 number of houses for us, both in Staffordshire and Scothmd. We have every 

 reason to be highly satisfied with the style and quality of their work, 

 especially as compared with that of others whom we have previously em- 

 ployed. Their charges appear to be reasonable — BURTON." 



From J. W. BURGESS, Esq., Architect, Chislehurst, Kent. 



" Gentlemen, — I am exceedingly pleased with the Conservatory you 

 have erected here." 



In the Construction of these Houses only the best Archangel and Petersburgh Timber is used, 



after being- Seasoned in our own Sheds for Two Years, ensuring- great Durability. 



NEW PEA, " SHARPE'S QUEEN." 



Our New Pea — Queen — in habit, cropping qualities, colour and flavour is the perfection of a 

 Pea for every purpose, and by successive sowings, so continuous a crop can be obtained, that it 

 will be almost unnecessary to cultivate any other variety. The Queen is a blue wrinkled 

 Marrow Pea, aboutr> 2 to ^ feet in height, of a sturdy branching habit ; it requires to be sown 

 thinly, as the pods are produced from the very bottom of the plant to the top. The pods are 



Price 2s. 6d. per Pint Sealed Packet 



large, green, slightly curved, and 

 possible they could be contained 

 delicious flavour when cooked. 



We feel we cannot say too much in its praise, and 

 with us that it is one of the very best Peas ever sent out. 



filled with Peas that when opened it would appear iir- 

 the pod. The Peas are large, oval, deep greeu, and of a 



; confident our customers will agree 



Is. 6d. per Half- Pint Sealed Packet. 

 For full description of the above, see SHARPE'S SEED LIST for 1889, Post-free on application. Trade Prices on demand. 



CHARLES SHARPE & CO., SEED GROWERS AND MERCHANTS, SLEAFORD. 



THE COTTAGER'S CALENDAR OF GARDEN OPERATIONS. 



By the late Sib JOSEPH PAXTON, M.P. Eeprinted from the Gardeners' Chronicle. 

 Price 3d., post-free 3£d. ; twenty-five copies, 6s. ; fifty, 10s. ; and one hundred, 20s. 



Parcels of not less than 25 delivered, Carriage Free, in London only. Not less than 100 Carriage Paid to any part of Great Britain. 



W. RICHARDS, 41, WELLINGTON STREET, STRAND, LONDON, W.C. 



Editorial Communications should be addressed to " The Editor ; " Advertisements and Business Letters to " The Publisher," at the Office, 41, Wellington Street, Covent Garden, London, W.C. 

 Printed by William Richards, at the Office of Messrs. Bradbury. Aqitew & Co., Lombard Street, Precinct of Whitefriars, Citv of London, in the Counfcy of Middlesex, and published by the 

 said William Richards, at the Office. 41. Wellington Street. Pariah of St. Paul's. Covent Garden, in the said County.— Saturday, December 29. 1888. Agent for Manchester— John Hbywood. 



